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From: lloyd@a-albionic.com
Newsgroups: alt.politics.org.fbi
Subject: Is the 'War on Drugs' Worse Than the Drugs?
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 09:15:29 -0000
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Subject: Is the 'War on Drugs' Worse Than the Drugs?
From: John Stossel
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 12:11:56 -0700
ABC has given me a full hour Tuesday night at 10 p.m. ET for a show on the drug war. I
I think it does.
We know the terrible things drug abuse does, but we rarely consider the terrible things
The government declaring drugs illegal doesn't mean people can't get them. (We cannot ev
This creates the nasty, unintended consequences of the drug war:
l. It sucks children into the underworld.
Why should a kid from a poor neighborhood work at McDonald's, when he can make 10 times
2. It corrupts cops.
How many cops turn down a bribe that would double their pay? We'll show video of a poli
3. It corrupts entire countries.
We go to Colombia, which now produces most of America's heroin and cocaine. I don't rec
4. It creates crime.
Films like "Reefer Madness" (we'll show you a clip) suggested people take drugs and go c
Most drugs users get high privately, live a reasonably normal life, and eventually quit.
So what should be done?
I talk to a Bronx priest who argues that life would be better if drugs were legal. "Lega
California Judge James Gray agrees. "Hold people accountable for what they do, not for w
The head of the DEA, Asa Hutchinson, calls these arguments "giving in."
I go to Europe to look at the "Dutch experiment" which separated "hard" and "soft" drugs
Despite legalization, fewer Dutch teens use marijuana than American teens.
Today police in most of Europe ignore marijuana use. In Spain, Italy and Luxembourg, the
LEGAL drugs sounds frightening -- but the DRUG WAR is frightening too.
Legal drugs might lead more Americans to experiment, but would it create a health crisis
In any case, don't we own our own bodies? Whose decision is it to control what we put i
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